Two skaters, each with a mass of 80 kg, are skating on opposite sides around a circle of radius 11 m, connected by a massless string.  If each skater has an angular speed of 1.4 rad/s, what is the total angular momentum of the skaters about a vertical axis that goes through the center of the circle? This axis is perpendicular to the plane of the page. (in kg m/s)  13552  2464  4928  0  27104 If the skaters pull on the string to bring each other closer and the circle now has a radius of 8.2 m, what is their new angular speed? (in rad/s)  1.26  2.52  5.04  1652.68  5.50

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Two skaters, each with a mass of 80 kg, are skating on opposite sides around a circle of radius 11 m, connected by a massless string.  If each skater has an angular speed of 1.4 rad/s, what is the total angular momentum of the skaters about a vertical axis that goes through the center of the circle? This axis is perpendicular to the plane of the page. (in kg m/s)

 13552  2464  4928  0  27104

If the skaters pull on the string to bring each other closer and the circle now has a radius of 8.2 m, what is their new angular speed? (in rad/s)

 1.26  2.52  5.04  1652.68  5.50
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